Chicago Athletic Association is a historic hotel at 12 South Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, across from Millennium Park. Among its event rooms is the White City Ballroom, with a plaster ceiling, dark wood paneling, tall windows and a marble floor, and other ballrooms with crystal chandeliers. Satin Chair Event Design Studio, based in Naperville, has designed a wedding reception here.
In the photographs, rounds and a long banquet table are set in the White City Ballroom with white linens, sage napkins, beaded chargers and low white-and-green florals. Silver chiavari chairs line the tables, and a white tiered cake stands on a nearby table. Candle cylinders and small lamps sit among the place settings. In another room of the hotel, the couple dances on a sage-and-white checkered dance floor with a painted monogram, under crystal chandeliers, with the band on a draped stage behind them.
We install tables, chairs, linens, tabletop decor and a custom dance floor from our Naperville inventory and handle teardown at the end of the night. Full design or a la carte, each event is quoted for the date and the room. We travel throughout Chicagoland; a travel fee applies when the venue is farther from the studio.
Most clients book 6 to 18 months ahead. Visit our showroom at 429 East Ogden Avenue, Naperville, by appointment, Monday through Saturday, 9 to 5, and bring your venue, date and a few photos of the room. If Chicago Athletic Association is already on your shortlist, we will talk through table count, linens and a floor plan that photographs clearly in these rooms. Call (630) 504-2009 or book a free design consultation. We will sketch a plan that fits the room you reserved and the way you want it to feel.
Photos by Berlez / Aspen Avenue Chicago Wedding Photographer.
